An independent blog about the American Civil War by Professor John M. Rudy in the Civil War Era Studies Department.

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2012

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Meaningless Landscapes Yield Meaningless Graffiti: Are We All to Blame?, John M. Rudy (March 1, 2012)

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History Not Hokum: Learning from Specters, John M. Rudy (February 23, 2012)

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Practical Necromancy: Raising the Dead for Fun & Profit, John M. Rudy (February 16, 2012)

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A Letter of Man: "And what is 'truth'?", John M. Rudy (February 9, 2012)

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"Realize I Don't Want to be a Miser": Giving Up Power, John M. Rudy (February 2, 2012)

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Sit Down and Cry: Why Our Favorite Joke is Demeaning, John M. Rudy (January 26, 2012)

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Anniversaries, John M. Rudy (January 17, 2012)

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I Like Ike's Memorial: Who Owns a Legacy?, John M. Rudy (January 12, 2012)

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"...of shadow and substance, of things and ideas": Finding Inspiration in The Twilight Zone, John M. Rudy (January 5, 2012)

2011

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Merry Christmas from a Land of Hope and Sorrow, John M. Rudy (December 22, 2011)

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Experience + Interaction, Jacob Dinkelaker (December 20, 2011)

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Saturday Extra: Guerilla Civic Engagement on the Landscape, John M. Rudy (December 17, 2011)

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The Past is a Foreign Country: But They Still Eat Ketchup There, John M. Rudy (December 15, 2011)

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"The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!", John M. Rudy (December 8, 2011)

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Huck Finn, Robot Jim and John Denver: Language, Young Man!, John M. Rudy (December 1, 2011)

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Forever Free: The Dakota People's Civil War, John M. Rudy (November 24, 2011)

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Walking Out on the Meaning: Dedication Day 2011, John M. Rudy (November 23, 2011)

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Just Interpret to Me: Reflecting on NAI 2011, John M. Rudy (November 17, 2011)

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Don't Say Slave: Interpreting Slavery at NAI 2011, Jacob Dinkelaker (November 15, 2011)

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Last Prisoners at Gettysburg: A Gift for Kind Hearts, John M. Rudy (November 3, 2011)

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"Sit Down Together at a Table of Brotherhood": Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, John M. Rudy (October 27, 2011)

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Wittingly Effaced for Too Long: Hidden in Plain Sight, John M. Rudy (October 20, 2011)

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The Race of the Interpreter: "I'm Not Going To Spend My Life Being A Color...", John M. Rudy (October 13, 2011)

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A Dictatorship of Meaning: Villainizing Multiple Perspectives, John M. Rudy (October 6, 2011)

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Standing Up by Sitting Down: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Smithsonian, Jacob Dinkelaker (October 4, 2011)

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"That all men are created equal...": Universal Relevance and the Civil War, John M. Rudy (September 29, 2011)

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30 Minutes with John Brown at the Smithsonian, Jacob Dinkelaker (September 27, 2011)

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Speaking a Different Language, John M. Rudy (September 22, 2011)

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In Another Sesquicentennial, John M. Rudy (September 15, 2011)

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Holy Writ: Thinking Beyond Enabling Legislation to Modern Relevance, John M. Rudy (September 8, 2011)

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"And preachin' from my chair": The Historian and the Interpreter, Jacob Dinkelaker (September 1, 2011)

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"Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields...": Altamont and the American Civil War, John M. Rudy (August 25, 2011)

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A House Where People Lived: The Schriver House of Gettysburg, Jacob Dinkelaker (August 23, 2011)

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Realistic Goals for Civil War Interpretation: What Are They Supposed to Walk Away With?, John M. Rudy (August 18, 2011)

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How Can We Make Digital History Sites Personal?, Jacob Dinkelaker (August 16, 2011)

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Manassas: Why They Fought Here, John M. Rudy (August 11, 2011)

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Interpreting Controversy: The Atomic Bomb and the NPS, Jacob Dinkelaker (August 9, 2011)

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Manassas: Consumer Time Machine, John M. Rudy (August 3, 2011)

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Manassas: On The Road Again, John M. Rudy (July 28, 2011)

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Freeman Tilden and the Civil War, Jacob Dinkelaker (July 26, 2011)

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Manassas: Heat of the Moment, John M. Rudy (July 22, 2011)

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Locks and Cash: Whose Black History? (Part 2), John M. Rudy (July 14, 2011)

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Beyond the Battlefield: A Simple Matchbook and a Rabbit Hole, John M. Rudy (July 7, 2011)

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Glorious Fourth: Gettysburg's Joyful Holiday, 1861, John M. Rudy (June 30, 2011)

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Locks and Cash: Whose Black History? (Part 1), John M. Rudy (June 23, 2011)

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"...Sexual Relations with that Woman...": Why the Lee Quote is Still Valid, John M. Rudy (June 16, 2011)

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Slavery and Justice: What Brown University has Taught Me about Public History, Jacob Dinkelaker (June 14, 2011)

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Interpreting Beyond the Battles: Could We Start with the Klan?, John M. Rudy (June 9, 2011)

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"For the People...": Do the 'Not We' Own Gettysburg?, John M. Rudy (June 2, 2011)

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"...never forget what they did here": Memorial Day 2011, John M. Rudy (May 30, 2011)